Authors@Google: Murray Greenberg
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The Authors@Google program welcomed Murray Greenberg to Google's New York office to discuss his book, "Passing Game: Benny Friedman and the Transformation of Football". "First-time author Greenberg chronicles the overlooked football career of one of the sport's genuine innovators.Just as Paul Arizin's perfection of the jump shot changed the gam... Read more
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- -: Authors@Google: Murray Greenberg
January 6, 2009 (over 15 years ago)The Authors@Google program welcomed Murray Greenberg to Google's New York office to discuss his book, "Passing Game: Benny Friedman and the Transformation of Football". "First-time author Greenberg chronicles the overlooked football career of one of the sport's genuine innovators.Just as Paul Ar...
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- -: Jeffrey Friedman on Why We Eat Too Much
August 19, 2008 (over 15 years ago)Dr. Jeff Friedman says most human processes are biologically determined. http://www.bigthink.com/thinksciencenow/
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- -: Jeffrey Friedman on Real-World Applications
August 19, 2008 (over 15 years ago)Dr. Jeff Friedman on the potential of Leptin. http://www.bigthink.com/thinksciencenow
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- -: How Jeffrey Friedman Became a Research Scientist
August 19, 2008 (over 15 years ago)Dr. Jeff Friedman explains how he became a research scientist. http://www.bigthink.com/thinksciencenow
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- -: Taxes, Spending and the Next President
March 11, 2008 (about 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/02/08/Economy_According_to_Taylor_and_Judd Economists and Hoover Institution Senior Fellows Kenneth Judd and John Taylor evaluate government spending under President Bush, and discuss whether or not the next President should repeal the Bush tax cuts. -----...
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- -: Keeping Faith in the Free Market - Peter Thiel
December 9, 2008 (over 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/11/24/Uncommon_Knowledge_Peter_Thiel PayPal founder and venture capitalist Peter Thiel encourages support for the concept of an unfettered, unregulated free market in the face of the current economic downturn. ----- Peter Thiel argues that a book publishe...
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- -: Could Taxing Employee Healthcare Fix the System?
November 4, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/10/06/Uncommon_Knowledge_David_Brady_and_Daniel_Kessler Hoover fellows Daniel Kessler and David Brady discuss tax breaks for employer-based health benefits - what they describe as the "original sin" of the healthcare system. They argue that a tax on employe...
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- -: Tom Friedman Slams Climate Skeptics at COP15
December 22, 2009 (over 14 years ago)FORA.tv's Stuart Schulzke interviews author and New York Times Op-Ed columnist Thomas Friedman at the COP15 Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. Friedman discusses the motives of climate change skeptics, speculates on the impact of the COP15 conference, and presses the US to take a stronger l...
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- -: The Four Pillars of Insurgency in Afghanistan
February 9, 2010 (about 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/01/29/Rebuilding_Peace_and_Stability_in_Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, Chairman of the Institute of State Effectiveness, outlines the four main drivers of the insurgency in Afghanistan. They include bad governance, drugs, sanctuary and Al-Qaeda. "This i...
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- -: Tom Friedman: Rise of China Another "Sputnik" Moment for U.S.?
January 20, 2011 (over 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/01/10/Thomas_Friedman_on_America_and_China New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman compares the economic rise of China on the world stage to the Soviet Union's launch of Sputnik, a key moment that escalated the Cold War and sent the United States into cris...
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